Westport High School - Herald Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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- -1 . .1.- E-n-ex-:aes-Lf-f-Z-ezgnvf-eve-131:15-fssasgse-es-ss-X-are-es:-ss-:fees-re-bv-a-sg-sie-sf-fre:-454T1-ee-he-as-:,u.rs2v1 s THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 29 DECLAMATORY CONTEST. The Fourth Annual Declamatory Contest took place at Allen Library Hall, on Friday even- ing, June 2. To say it was a success is but to repeat the words heard on all sides. To further say that the judges experienced great difliculty in choosing is again to voice the idea of all those present. Individual criticism can scarcely be made where the work was so uniformly good and the earnestness and sincerity so marked. That Miss Harriette Dorn and Mr. Joseph Farmer were awarded the prizes-each ten dollars in gold- vvas but a return for the finish and extreme ex- cellence of their work. An especial feature of the evening was the presentation of a gold medal to Mary Abercrom- bie for the best examination in American His- tory. The presentation was made by Mrs. T. B. Toomb, in behalf of the Elizabeth Benton Chap- ter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- Hdn. Mr. Walter Wolf also received a ten- dollar gold-piece as a prize for the best Temper- ance essay. Mrs. Middleton, representing the W. C. T. U., in a short but very interesting ad- dress presented the money and also offered sev- eral medals as mementoes to the other contest- ants who had received honorable mention. The music by the High School Mandolin Club and the Girls' Chorus is deserving of the highest praise. The full programme follows: f'The Corporalls Cfuardn.. .. .. .. ..Eaton. High School Mandolin Club. Declamation. . . . . .f'Pickets' Charge, Brooks. S. Robert Fife. Declamation. . . .KA Royal Prineessj' Rossetti. Harriette Dorn. f'Down in the Dewy Dellv. W. . . . . . . . .Smart. Girls, Chorus. Declamation .... Midnight in Londonfi Foster. Carl K. Malone. Declamation. . . . . .KA Modern Elijahjl Anon. Sara Bosch. Ma Colored Queen . . . . . . . . . . .Yahrling. High School Mandolin Club. Declamation. . . .ffCentleinen, the Kingll' Barr. Joseph E. Farmer. Declamation.. .. .. ..'fBrier Rose, Boyesen. Bertha. E. Poindexter. Vocal Solo. . . ln Dreamland, Victor Herbert. Cameola Burns. Declamation.. .. .. The Unknown Speaker. Fred Ryan. Declamation.. ..f'A Boy of Cralatiafli Scoville. Laura Snodgrass. Presentation of Ten-Dollar Prize for best essay, offered by the local W. C. T. U. Presentation of Medal by Elizabeth Benton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Rev- olution, for the best examination in United States History. Awarding of Declamation Prizes by judges. The judges acting in the Declamatory Con- test were Mr. Barnard, Mr. Swearingen, and Miss Bainbridge, of the Dillenbeck School of Oratory. GERMAN-FRENCH LUNCHEON. ' Once a year those who study the modern lan- guages gather in the lunch'-room to partake of the viands of their brothers and sisters across the sea. The date for the luncheon this year was the 30th of May. The lunch-room was draped in the red, white, and black of the German flags, and the red, white, and blue of the French flags. The Fac- ulty were the special guests, and Mr. Sass, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Green made themselves extremely entertaining by falling already prey to the care- fully laid traps of the pupils, who asked ridic- ulous questions which were answered by the un- suspecting ones by Oni, 'fdaj' 'fNein,'l and 'fNon. The tables were beautifully decorated with flowers. At intervals down the center of the long French table were tall vases of pink and white peenies, at each end were smaller vase.-1,